Carved Bowl (1200–900 BCE): Art, History and Details
Carved Bowl at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1200–900 BCE, earthenware. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Carved Bowl (1200–900 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Although the Olmec heartland is located on Mexico's Gulf Coast, sites with Olmec-style architecture and sculpture are also found in the highlands of Central Mexico. Small-scale Olmec works in jade and pottery are even more widely distributed; their ownership probably conferred great prestige.
Object facts
- Title: Carved Bowl
- Date: 1200–900 BCE
- Culture: Mexico, Central Highlands, Olmec
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: earthenware
- Dimensions: Diameter: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.); Overall: 12 x 14 cm (4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1990.44
Collection credit
Gift of Samuel Merrin
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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